SCENARIO
As the principal of Ridgeland Elementary School, you are responsible for creating the professional
development plan for your staff for the coming school year. As part of the district performance evaluation
process, you are also expected to create your own personal professional growth plan.
You began your planning by gathering several pieces of information and data as presented in the attached
“Ridgeland Elementary School Information and Data.” Your next step will be to use this to inform the
professional development path you will create for your staff and for yourself.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that
will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric
aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Using the attached “School Professional Development Plan (PDP),” create a school professional
development plan with three areas for professional learning that align with the scenario (NELP 7.3).
B. Using the attached “School Principal Professional Growth Plan (PGP),” create a personal professional
growth plan with two areas for professional learning that align to your personal goals as well as the
scenario (NELP 7.3).
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Sample Solution